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Townsend Police Officer Brutally Attacked by Suspect in Holding Cell

John Guilfoil October 13, 2016 Townsend Police News

TOWNSEND – Chief Robert M. Eaton Jr. is renewing calls for support for a countywide criminal lockup facility after a Townsend police officer was brutally attacked by a dangerous suspect who tried to escape from a holding cell at the Townsend Police Department.

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